From Edison films catalog: Upon a large sheet of white paper a cartoonist is seen at work rapidly sketching the portrait of an elderly gentleman of most comical feature and expression. After completing the likeness the artist rapidly draws on the paper a clever sketch of a bottle of wine and a goblet, and then, to the surprise of all, actually removes them from the paper on which they were drawn and pours actual wine out of the bottle into a real glass. Surprising effects quickly follow after this; and the numerous changes of expression which flit over the face in the sketch cause a vast amount of amusement and at the same time give a splendid illustration of the caricaturist's art.
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publicdomainreview
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December 5, 2011 Subject:
RE: not an Edison movie
According to the Library of Congres it is a film from the Edison Manufacturing Company. http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/h?ammem/papr:@field(NUMB
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ER+@band(animp+1592)) It does however list J. Stuart Blackton as the the producer and performer. Could it still be a film from the Edison Manafacturing Company yet be produced/directed by Blackton?
Reviewer:
Laurent Marty
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December 5, 2011 Subject:
Not an Edison Movie
This short movie was directed by Stuart Blackton, founder of the Vitagraph company, a competitor to Edisons own studios.